Ebook: The world at war: the landmark oral history from the previously unpublished archives

The World at War is the definitive television work on the Second World War. It set out to tell the story of the war through the testimony of key participants - from civilians to ordinary soldiers, from statesmen to generals. First broadcast in 1973, the result was a unique and irreplaceable record since many of the eyewitnesses captured on film did not have long to live. The programme's producers committed hundreds of interview-hours to tape in its creation, but only a fraction of that material made it to the final cut. For more than 30 years the interviews have never been allowed to be published - until now. Highly respected historian and bestselling author Richard Holmes has skilfully woven this valuable original material into a compelling narrative, creating a truly phenomenal oral history of the Second World War.;Germany's Hitler -- Japan's militarism -- Appeasement and Phoney war -- Battle of the Atlantic 1939-40 -- Fall of France and Dunkirk -- Winston Churchill -- Battle of Britain and the Blitz -- North Africa and the Balkans -- Battle of the Atlantic 1940-41 -- Barbarossa -- Pearl Harbor -- Fall of Malaya and retreat from Burma -- Battle of the Atlantic 1942-43 -- Battle of the Pacific 1942-43 -- Victory in North Africa -- Stalingrad and the Eastern Front -- Strategic bombing: Royal Air Force -- The Holocaust -- Casablanca and Tehran -- Anglo-American relations -- Economic and scientific warfare -- Home front -- Occupation and resistance -- Strategic bombing: US Army Air Force -- The Italian campaign -- D-Day in Normandy -- Battle of the Pacific 1944-45 -- Return to Burma -- Western Europe -- Yalta and Poland -- Fall of Berlin -- Enduring the unendurable -- Settling accounts -- Falling out: views in 1970-72 -- Reflections.